Session 3 Measuring Democracy and Technology E gov democracy and technology

1. Measuring Democracy and Technology Dr. Juan Luis Manfredi Sánchez Correo-e: juan.manfredi@yahoo.es juan.manfredi@ie.edu Twitter: @juanmanfredi http://ciberdemocracia.blogspot.com

2. 2 Juan Luis Manfredi, Ph.D @juanmanfredi 1. Measuring Democracy

3. 3 Juan Luis Manfredi, Ph.D @juanmanfredi 1. Measuring Democracy

4. 4 Juan Luis Manfredi, Ph.D @juanmanfredi 2. Measuring Technology Information has gone from scarce to superabundant That brings huge new benefits, but also big headaches The capability of digital technology multiplies the information that was previously unavailable

5. 5 Juan Luis Manfredi, Ph.D @juanmanfredi 2. Measuring Technology It plays a central role both in macroeconomics and in economic development: it’s a key question in public policies Again, we have dozens of index: there’s no good index and bad index OECD: “The Guide is a compilation of concepts, definitions, classifications and methods for information society measurement and analysis” in three dimensions: Information society Economic dimension Social dimension Let’s see how

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7. 7 Juan Luis Manfredi, Ph.D @juanmanfredi 2. Measuring Technology Convergence and Innovation – The Big Three Moore's Law: the processing power of a microchip doubles every 18 months; corollary, computers become faster and the price of a given level of computing power halves every 18 months Gilder's Law: the total bandwidth of communication systems triples every twelve months Metcalfe's Law: the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of nodes; so, as a network grows, the value of being connected to it grows exponentially, while the cost per user remains the same or even reduces.

8. 8 Juan Luis Manfredi, Ph.D @juanmanfredi 3. Mixing Democracy and Technology

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12. Cost of ICT goods and services

13. The ICT policy environment

14. Trust that users have in the online environment.

15. The education and skills base of the population (specialised and general)

16. Labour market supply and costs.

17. Innovation and R&D base, entrepreneurship culture and support (private and public)

18. A momentum effect driven by penetration of ICT

19. Productivity impacts of ICT investment and use.

20. Changes in the structure of economies

21. The growth of the ICT and services sectors

22. Changes to employment and the nature of work

23. Impact on globalisation

24. Facilitation of learning (both formal and informal)

25. Positive and negative changes in society and social behaviour

27. E-readiness

28. E-strategies

29. ICT literacy

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